music
Music and performing arts
My grandmother was a music teacher who taught me many melodies. As a teenager I had a great time playing guitar and electric bass in a rock and blues band, which gave me a foretaste of stage dynamics.
I have since been photographing performing arts, and regularly take commissions from recording labels, PR and touring agencies, promoters and magazines to cover live musical events, festivals, dance and theatre.
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Quawali mystic dancer Sain Zahoor -
BBC Planet Awards winners Amadou & Marian -
BBC Planet Awards winner Amparanoia -
Baba Maal performing at WOMAD -
Bebo & Cigala on their historic last performance at the RFH, London -
The Blind Boys from Alabama singing gospel music -
Amy Winehouse performing at Glastonbury -
Paul Weller at Glastonbury -
Lilly Allen singing at Glastonbury -
The charismatic Seu Jorge, of City of God fame, performs in Rio -
Procession at the ‘Diablada’ festival, Bolivia -
Carnival Ball. Rio, Brazil -
Olodum rehearsing for Carnival. Salvador, Brazil -
Historical shot of late Buena Vista stars Ferrer, Puntillita and Gonzales with surviving Cachaito -
Brazilian ‘Tropicalia’ idol Caetano Veloso -
Whirling dervish at the Stowford folk festival -
Salsa legend Willie Colon blowing his trumpet -
The late ‘Queen of Salsa’ Celia Cruz in one of her last performances -
Crowds at Glastonbury festival, Somerset, England -
Cape Verde diva Cesaria Evora at WOMAD -
Inspirational Brazilian singer-songwriter Chico Buarque -
Diego el Cigala singing a heart-felt flamenco tune -
Traditional folk dancers from Colombia -
Blues legend Taj Mahal at WOMAD -
Blues from the desert: Tinariwen at WOMAD -
Cuban violin virtuoso Omar Puente -
Rumba drummers. Havana, Cuba -
Child playing piano under poster of Che Guevara playing chess. Cuba -
Brazilian new wave icon Bebel Gilberto -
Turkish new wave musician Derya playing in Germany -
Historical photo of Brazilian ‘Tropicalia’ co-founder Gilberto Gil -
Late lead singer of Buena Vista Ibrahim Ferrer -
Bhangra Latina dancer at the Festival Hall, London -
Uruguayan songwriter Jorge Drexler, Oscar winner for 'Motorcycle Diaries' -
Venezuelan king of salsa Oscar D'Leon -
Brazilian Latin Grammy winner Lenine singing in Rio -
Mexican diva Lila Downs -
Cult artist and mover Manu Chao -
The late Freddie Mercury at one of his last concerts in Wembley -
Brazilian diva Maria Creuza singing in Rio -
Argentinian queen of folk Mercedes Sosa -
Rapper Kumar playing with Ojos de Brujo -
Pioneer tango act Melingo performing in Buenos Aires -
Congolese ace guitarrist Papa Noel outside Ronnie Scott's in London -
Afro-Brazilian singer songwriter Milton Nascimento -
BBC Planet Award winners Ojos de Brujo -
Buena Vista diva Omara Portuondo dances with ‘son’ king Papi Oviedo -
Buena Vista Social Club diva Omara Portuondo -
Cult rap group Orishas -
Lole Pantoja dancing flamenco in Seville -
Alberto Forcione playing at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London -
Guitar workshops run by the IGF at Kings Place in London -
Argentinian award-winning artist Chango Spasiuk playing his accordion -
Afro-Peruvian diva Susana Baca -
Afro-Cuban diva Yusa -
Dancer at Notting Hill carnival, London
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Ska Cubano at La Linea festival, London -
Mariza, the new queen of fado from Portugal -
Bajofondo, new wave tango from Argentina and Uruguay -
Sitar virtuoso Nishat Khan -
Mexican Lucha Libre acrobats -
Don Mac Lean singing 'American Pie'